Joshua 22:5:20Josh.22.5.W20TAB
וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ
uleavdo
“and to serve him”
- Transliteration
- u-le-av-DO
- Extended
- oo-leh-ahv-DOH
- IPA
- /ulədavˈkaː.vo/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to serve him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-av-DO
- clause
u-le-av-DO be-KHOL-le-vav-KHEM u-ve-KHOL-naf-shkem
- sentence
RAK shim-RU me-OD la-a-SOT et-ha-mits-VAH ve-ET-ha-to-RAH a-SHER tsiv-VAH et-KHEM mo-SHEH E-ved-ye-ho-VAH le-a-ha-VAH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-khem ve-la-le-KHET be-KHOL-de-ra-KHAV ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAV u-le-dav-KA-vo u-le-av-DO be-KHOL-le-vav-KHEM u-ve-KHOL-naf-shkem
Exegesis
A sequence of infinitives (le’ahavah {לְאַהֲבָה | lə‘ăḥāvâh} ‘to love’, ve-lalekhet {וְלָלֶכֶת | wəlāləḵet} ‘to walk’, ve-lishmor {וְלִשְׁמֹר | wəlišmōr} ‘to keep’, u-le-davkah-bo {וּלְדָבְקָה־ב֑וֹ | uləḏāvəqāhbō} ‘to cling to him’, u-le-avdo {וּלְעָבְדוֹ | ulə’āḇədō} ‘to serve him’), linked by vav, expresses cumulative covenantal duties.
Root and etymology
ayin–bet–daletayin–bet–dalet
“servant, worker”
In context — Joshua 22:5
Only be very diligent to carry out the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD charged you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to cleave to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:5:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Joshua 22:5, so the Hebrew word וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ (uleavdo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.22.5.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.5.W20.S1) and character.